Long-term residents, family members of EU nationals and diplomats would be exempt as well as cross-border and healthcare workers and people transporting goods, Ms von der Leyen said during a video conference.

The measures would be in place for at least 30 days.

The Schengen agreement allows people to move freely between EU countries without border checks. Citizens of non-Schengen EU member states will also be invited to apply the travel ban, including the UK.

The comments came ahead a video-summit with EU leaders on Tuesday hosted by European Council chief Charles Michel.

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From an ever growing family church (Christianity Focus Center) to a vibrant city lunch hour fellowship that impacts hundreds in morning glory, lunch hour meetings and evening prayers, to men and women’s meetings. Business men’s conventions, youth and children’s conferences, crusades, an orphanage (focus grammar school) then comes 93.0 Kingdom FM with an aver growing listening that now is at 6 million people.

The list goes on and on not forgetting the great Television Ministry and various international missions.

The ministry is simply larger and with needs than can be met by a few people.

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